J.D. Scholten

J.D. Scholten (4 March 1980-) was a candidate for Iowa's 4th district of the US House of Representatives in 2018.

Biography
J.D. Scholten was born in Ames, Iowa in 1980, and he played professional baseball while also taking up a career as a paralegal in between seasons. In 2018, he ran for Congress against incumbent Representative Steve King. Though he eventually lost in the general election, many noted he had run an unusually competitive campaign in a deep-red district, having come within 3% of winning.